Rafael Nadal and his 10-match win streak at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, understandably, will garner most of the attention this week at the ATP World Tour 500 tournament. But, away from the spotlight, two-time champion Kei Nishikori of Japan will look to start a winning streak of his own during his return to the clay-court event. Nishikori missed Barcelona last year because of a right wrist injury. But, a year prior, he had won 14 consecutive matches in the Spanish city, including back-to-back titles in 2014 and 2015. His run ended in the 2016 final against Nadal. Watch: Nishikori Looks Forward To Barcelona Return The two played again on Sunday during the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters final, which Nadal won...
David Goffin recovered from a set and a double break down, saving one match point at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell to beat Marcel Granollers 4-6, 7-6(2), 6-2 on Tuesday. The Belgian had looked down and out at 4-6, 1-5 against the Barcelona-born star, but fought back, saving a match point with aggressive baseline play before coming to the net and extracting an error from his opponent. Goffin improves to 10-5 this season and now owns a 2-1 lead in his FedEx ATP Head2Head series with the Spaniard. Granollers had won their only previous encounter on the red dirt in Monte-Carlo two years ago. Goffin advances to the third round for the second consecutive year, where he will meet either...
Watch as David Goffin crushes a backhand down the line against Marcel Granollers at the 2018 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com. Alex Caparros/Getty Images photo.
Yannick Maden notched his second ATP World Tour win on Tuesday, defeating local favourite Marton Fucsovics 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 at the Gazprom Hungarian Open. The lucky loser needed two hours and 22 minutes to upset the Hungarian No.1, saving eight of the 11 break points he faced to clinch the victory. Maden, whose only previous win at tour-level came at the 2017 Moselle Open (d. Kicker), broke the sixth seed on five occasions to set up a meeting with countryman Maximilian Marterer. Marterer also came back from a set down to beat Serbia’s Viktor Troicki 3-6, 6-4, 6-4. The German was solid behind both his first and second serve, winning 67 and 68 per cent of points respectively, to beat...
